France attacks probe urges intelligence overhaul A French inquiry into the terror attacks that rocked Paris in 2015 on Tuesday recommended a fusion of the country's intelligence services after the "global failure" of the country's myriad agencies. France currently has six different intelligence units answering to the interior, defence and economy ministries. After 200 hours of hearings, lawmakers found that the different agencies had struggled to communicate about known Islamists who had either been under surveillance, in prison or had their phones tapped at some point before carrying out attacks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES COMPLETES SOUNDBITE VID909558_EN